Combined scoop and mold for ice cream



March 10, 1925. P1,529,319

J. A. MANOS COMBINED SCOOP AND MOLD FOR ICE CREAM Filed sept. 17, 1924v-- ws ZZ 4f LL 31 235 1715K@ /5 3 Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED sTA'rEs rAT Enr oFElcE.

`IorIN A. MANOS, or TORONTO, OHIO.

COMBINED scoor AND MOLD non Ion O nEAM.

Application ined september 17, 1924. serial No. 738,175.5`

ferson, and State of Ohio, :have invented. certain new and usefulImprovements l1n.

Combined Scoops and Molds for Ice Cream, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates broadly to ice cream scoops, and morespecifically to a combined scoop and mold for ice cream. The primaryobject of the invention is to provide an ice-cream mold which may beemployed as a scoop or dipper and embodying simple and effective meansfor expelling the molded contents and for shearing or detaching saidcontents from the mold.

vWith this and other objects in view, the invention resides in thefeatures of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations ofelements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe invention; Figure 2 is a partial longitudinal section of the sametaken substantially on line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a detail Fig. 2; and- Figure 4 is an enlarged top plan Viewof the guideway-carrying portion of the bladecarrying bolt. i

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates a tubular member or casing,herein shown as of heart shape in cross section, which is rigidlymounted upon opposite divergently inclined arms 2 formed on or carriedby the transversely extending head portions 8 of a handle 4. Said'casing l, which, as herein shown, is open at both ends, has slidablymounted therein a close-fitting expulsion member, or plunger, 5 ofhollow cup-like form7 the same being normallyT maintained in a retractedposition within the rear end portion of the casing and being manuallyshiftable for expelling from the latter the material collected thereinin front of the plunger. 50 A pin or rod 6 directed horizontally throughthe side walls of the plunger has its opposite ends projecting outwardthrough section on line 3 3,

'19 is the adjacent slots 7 provided therefor in the adjacent walls ofthe casing 1. Said ends ofthe rod opposite long'tudinally extendingguide- 6 are received in slots 8 provided in the end y portions of yarms9 carried by orl formed integral with a plate-10,saidi armsand saidplate together constituting` an operating lever which is pivotallycarried 'intermedi-f ate its ends uponthe handle v4. Said lever ismounted upon a pivot pin 11 carried by a lug 12 formed on said handle. Aspring 13 interposed between Ithe plate portion of said lever and saidpivot-pin said handleand coiled about 11 serves to normally hold.

said lever in Ithe position shown in `Fig.v2, n

in which position its arms 9 occupy straddling relation to the headportion of the handle holding the plunger in its retracted position. HRotatably mounted in and extending longitudinally through the loweryportion of the head 3 `is a pin or bolt 14, and rigidly mounted on theprojecting front-end of said bolt is a boss 15a formed on or integralwith an end of a cutting blade 15. A coil spring 16 encircling the bolt14 and disposed in a socket 17 provided'therefor in the'boss 15 has oneend directed inwardly and seated .in a socket or recess 18 Ais theouter/end of the head 3 and its opposite end directed outwardly and`seated .in a socket or recess*- face of said boss. spring is vheldcontrolled for maintaining the blade inthe retracted position shown in iFig. 1, wherein the latter lies in unobstruct- Sai d ing relation to theouter open frontend of the casing 1. i

A longitudinal slot 20 is provided in the rea-r end portion of thelowermost part of the casing, and movable in'said slot as the plunger isactuated within the casing is a lug or arm adjacent plunger wall, saidvlug or armfextending `downward through a channel 22 provided in thehead 3 and havingits lower end Orpoint vreceived in the rear end of 21carried by or formed on the longitudinally extending' guide-groove 23provided in the adjacent face of the bolt 14.

The depending arm 21 carries on the front face thereof an integral orfixed pin 24 which extends forwardly parallel to the bolt 14, said pinbeing adapted, when the plunger is advanced for expelling the contentsoik the casing, to enter and travel in a bore 25 provided therefor inthat portion of the head Which is located forward of the channel 22,and, .ast it approaches Vthe limitof its forward thrust, to dislodgefrom said bore a small locking pin 26 which is. non.v

mally disposed in said bore,as` shown in Fig. 2.

Said pin'26 has a head 26'i on its outer end received in a, horizontalhere '- provided in the boss 155 ofthe blade 15 and has itsendprotruding'through a reduced opening 28 vwhich is axially alined vvithsaid f bore 27. in saidbore 27 betweensaid h'e'ad'2f1 and `a plug 3.0employed as a closure Jor the outer y end'of vsaid bore exerts apressure 4ivvhich tends to hold said pin 26 inthe advanced positionsho-wn in Fig. `2.

VVhen the pin '26 is dislodged' 'froml the bore by the -linal portionor' the advance movement of the lpin 24, as aforesaid, the blade 15,fixed on the bolt 14, as aforesaid,

is rendered free to rotate and is instantly ao;

c against thev tension of 'the spring 13.

, spring, 16.

tuated the expandingforce e-XerteclfbyI the spring 16,previously'heldcontracted, tio

`rotate across the open 'front end ofthe casingl Vfor detaching thesemigsolid contents of thev casingA from vthe face of the plunger 5,

the latter at the instant of bladeaotuation being flush vvith said openend Yof thecas- Manifestly, the advance movement of the plunger forexpelling the' contents 'of' theA casing is actuated fby hand 'or thumbpres,- sure applied l'to the plate portiony 10 oi? the operating lever,such pressure actingto ro tate or swingsaid lever on its pivot-pin ,il

n such swing-ing movementL ot the lever, the rod 6 -.carried by theplunger and engaged bythe arms 9 of said leverv is advanced,

traveling in the slots 7 of the casing',

a The spring 13. employed necessarily possesses the strength requirednot only'to ren tract the plunger, but also to force .the rie-V turnjoflthe blade to its normal retracted position againstl vthe tension of itsactuating Said return of the blade is et ected during the retractingmovement ot, the plunger through the travel ofr the end et' theplunger-carried` arm 21 in an inclined or spirally disposed returngroove 23h pro.- vided inthe bolt 14,*said groove connecting thecross-groove 23 to the rear end of the longitudinal groove 23, asisshoWn vin Figs,

2 and 4,

A spiral spring` 29 disposed` the grooves 23, 23a and A23b might beunited throughout their lengths to form a plain-triangular recess bythemere omission of they thereby `enclosed area 31.

Obviously,

As 4the blade is actuated for detaching the l molded contents of thecasing 'from' the plunger, as described, and as said blade is returnedto normal retracted position, the small blade-locking pin 26 is carriedthereW-ith,` itsl point sliding freely over the adjacent face of thehead 3 of, the handle, or, if .desi-red, traveling in a shallow curvedgroove 32 provided therefor in said Jface,

`shovvn in Fig. 1.

What isclaimed is-l 1. An ice cream `scoop comprising a oas ins, forvexpelling the 4contents ot the latter,` a springnormally holdingsaidplunger retracted, a .leverdepressible for advancing said plunger, ashearing blade adapted for rotary movement acc-ross the `front end .ofthe casing, a spring for. actuating said blade. in one direction, meansnormally ylocking said blade against movements, and means forydislodging said locking means at the limit of advance movement of theplunger.

2. A-n icecreamscoop comprising a @asf ine, expelling the contents ofthe latter, a lever whereby said expelling means is advanced, aShearling blade 'Operable across the front end .of the casing fordetachi-ng said corr ltents vf rQIr/ljthe advanced f expelling means.

automatic means VJfor actuating said blade, means normally lockingsaidblade l.against movement, vfor dislodging said loclring means at thelimit of advance move:

`by advance movement of said expelling means forreleasing4 said holdingineans, and al Vspr-ing for simultaneously eecting retraction of saidexpelling meansl and said blade. v

4;. An ice cream scoop comprising a casing, a plunger shizttable Withinsaid casing orexpelling the contents of the latter, a lever whereby saidplunger is advanced, a spring Wherebysaid lever is actuated toretractsaid plunger following advance movement thereof, a shearing blade;`operable across the iront end of said casing, a'spring for actuatingsaid blade, means normally locking said blade in retracted positionmeans shiftable Within the casing for `a plunger shittable Within saidycasing against the tension of said spring, and In testimony whereof, Iaiiix my signature means carried by the plunger whereby rein presence oftwo subscribing witnesses. lease of said locking means is effected atthe limit of advance movement of the plunl JOHN A. MANOS. 5 ger, saidlever-retreating spring being Witnesses:

adapted to eifect simultaneous retraction of MARTIN T. MANION,

said blade. vH. E.4 DUNLAP.

